Stay Motivated & Focused

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hi I'm Melanie bar welcome to the she

builted experience with Melanie you're

here because you want to experience the

life and business that you crave join me

as I talk to women who have successfully

built it a career and business that they

love we dive into the topic of how they

built it and talk about everything from

Having the courage to make career leaps

to the details of how to lead

effectively create successful teams

Implement strategies for growth and

Infuse Tech innovation magic happens

when we focus on the part of ourselves

and our business that brings us joy so

let's dive

in hi she built it family I'm Melanie

bar she built it founder and CEO today

we are chatting about how to stay

motivated when life gets challenging

some days and weeks seem easy and we

Breeze through them but what do we do

and more importantly how do we respond

when life gets a bit challenging and

hard it happens to all of us at times

I'm finishing a remodel project I've

been working on for quite a while a few

weeks ago our entire living room flooded

I've never had a room flood before but

there's a first for everything in the

last few weeks our Wi-Fi hasn't worked

well and there was a major storm that

took out power lines and our house was

out of power for 5 days it's an

understatement to say that life has been

a bit challenging the last few weeks in

addition to trying to figure out what

the universe has been trying to tell me

there is also the question of how do we

say motiv ated when life gets hard life

gets challenging for all of us at times

lately I felt like the wheel keeps

turning and I'm so ready to hop off and

have a break but I can't yet there are

also the lingering effects of the last

year with covid which I know we're all

feeling a bit better about but I know

we're all still feeling it I'm generally

a positive and motivated person but on

the challenging days that we all have

here's what I do to get out of the

uncomfortable and into the comfortable

start your day with positive content how

we start our day matters it sets the

tone for our entire day so why not do

all that we can to start our day with

positive content and in a good mindset I

like to start my day with my favorite

music play it as loud as you can

motivational audio books inspiring and

interesting podcasts the she builted

experience is a good one for a dose of

inspiration anything that is going to

put your mind in a good State even if I

know I have long or challenging days of

work or life ahead getting that dose of

positivity first thing in the morning

makes all the

difference surround yourself with

empowering

people surround yourself with positive

inspiring and motivating people period

who we invite into our Inner Circle

counts they will lift you up believe in

you and say yes you can on on the days

that are more challenging or when you

might not believe in yourself they will

be the ones cheering you on when you

make your business and life leaps it's

also great to surround ourselves with

people who challenge us and make us want

to stretch and reach for more these

friends mentors and coaches help us to

become better versions of ourselves and

Inspire us to make our life and career

dreams a

reality work out I'm completely guilty

of this on busy days when I have an

early start or a really busy day I think

I don't have time to out these are the

days I've realized I need to work out

the most even a 20-minute workout

changes my frame of mind for the entire

day endorphins are a beautiful thing and

can change your mood so quickly I've

also become a huge fan of pelaton they

have so many different types of classes

you also don't have to have the pelaton

bike or treadmill to get a good workout

I love their boot camps some are just

body weight so all you need is yourself

so it's easy to start your day with a

super quick workout to get in a good

frame of

mind eat healthy and drink lots of water

eating healthy food that is good for our

bodies gives us more energy sometimes we

feel hungry when our body is really just

trying to tell us we're dehydrated

filling our body with veggies lean

proteins and fruits help us power

through our days I'm a fan of starting

my day with lemon water if I'm hydrated

and I eat healthy it's so much easier to

power through the day feeling

good make

lists on mornings and days when I wake

up feeling overwhelmed I stop whatever

I'm doing and make a list I find that

when I do that I instantly feel better

it takes all of the work and life things

circling in my mind and makes them land

creating a list with the must do or the

most important on the top all of a

sudden the day and all that needs to be

accomplished does not seem so daunting

if possible to take 10 minutes before

you go to sleep at night to write out or

type out your to-dos that's an ideal

time because your subconscious mind will

start to work through them in your sleep

if making lists at that time is not

ideal for you early mornings with a cup

of caffeine will help to start the day

off right this is a super easy thing

that we all know and we all have the

scheduling apps but those little things

still pop up so going through the motion

of actually doing it really

helps find Joy on

purpose at the end of every one of my

podcast episodes I say magic happens

when we focus on the part of ourselves

and our business that brings us joy

sometimes we have to make the joy and

find it on

purpose at times we get so busy or our

life changes when we don't even realize

it and we have to stop and really think

are we doing the things that truly make

us happy when we take the time to do

this we realize the things that we want

to keep in our lives and the things that

we might want to let go of even if they

are the things that have been with us or

that we have been doing for years it's

okay to change it's also so important to

realize and celebrate our joy even

saying I'm going to celebrate and find

joy in my favorite cup of coffee this

morning A Moment by a pool or an ocean

or a body of water a fire pit a glass of

wine or going for a long run at the end

of a long week finding our joy in the

small moments carries us ahead to our

what's next and helps us live our joy on

purpose thanks so much for joining me

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